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Timeline[]

Early history[]

See: Early production history for all events prior to 1964.

See also: Star Trek birthdays and Star Trek deaths

1960s[]

1964
The first pilot "The Cage" is produced
1965
The second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is produced.
1966
Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) premieres on NBC.
TOS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1967.
1967
Desilu Studios (and Star Trek) is sold to neighboring Paramount Pictures.
TOS Season 2 is produced and airs into 1968.
1968
TOS Season 3 is produced and airs into 1969.
1969
TOS is canceled.

1970s[]

1970
1971
1972
1973
Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS) premieres on NBC.
TAS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1974.
1974
TAS Season 2 is produced and airs.
TAS ends.
1975
1976
1977
Star Trek: Phase II is commissioned, but is canceled before filming begins.
Feature films begin pre-production.
1978
Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins filming August, 1978
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released in US theaters.

1980s[]

1980
1981
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan begins filming in November.
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is released in US theaters.
1983
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is filmed between August and October.
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is released in US theaters.
1985
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is released in US theaters.
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Paramount's Viacom.
TNG Season 1 is produced and airs into 1988.
1988
TNG Season 2 is produced and airs into 1989.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is filmed between October and December.
1989
TNG Season 3 is produced and airs into 1990.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is released in US theaters.

1990s[]

1990
TNG Season 4 is produced and airs into 1991.
1991
Gene Roddenberry dies.
TNG Season 5 is produced and airs into 1992.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is released in US theaters.
1992
TNG Season 6 is produced and airs into 1993.
DS9 Season 1 begins production.
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Viacom.
DS9 Season 1 airs.
DS9 Season 2 is produced and airs into 1994.
TNG Season 7 is produced and airs into 1994.
1994
TNG ends.
DS9 Season 3 is produced and airs into 1995.
VOY Season 1 begins production.
Star Trek Generations is released in US theaters.
1995
Star Trek: Voyager (VOY) premieres on UPN in the US.
VOY Season 1 airs.
DS9 Season 4 is produced and airs into 1996.
VOY Season 2 is produced and airs into 1996.
1996
DS9 Season 5 is produced and airs into 1997.
VOY Season 3 is produced and airs into 1997.
Star Trek: First Contact is released in US theaters.
1997
DS9 Season 6 is produced and airs into 1998.
VOY Season 4 is produced and airs into 1998.
1998
DS9 Season 7 is produced and airs into 1999.
VOY Season 5 is produced and airs into 1999.
Star Trek: Insurrection is released in US theaters.
1999
DS9 ends.
VOY Season 6 is produced and airs into 2000.

2000s[]

2000
VOY Season 7 is produced and airs into 2001.
2001
VOY ends.
Enterprise (ENT) premieres on UPN in the US.
ENT Season 1 is produced and airs into 2002.
Star Trek Nemesis begins filming in November.
2002
ENT Season 2 is produced and airs into 2003.
Star Trek Nemesis is released in US theaters.
2003
ENT Season 3 (renamed to Star Trek: Enterprise) is produced and airs into 2004.
2004
ENT Season 4 is produced and airs into 2005.
2005
ENT is canceled.
2006
40th anniversary of Star Trek
TOS is digitally re-mastered and re-aired in syndication, starting with "Balance of Terror".
2007
Star Trek begins production.
2008
Star Trek finishes production and enters post-production
2009
Star Trek is released to theaters.

2010s[]

2010
2011
Star Trek Into Darkness begins production.
2012
Star Trek Into Darkness finishes shooting and enters post-production.
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness is released to theaters
2014
2015
Star Trek Beyond is produced.
2016
Star Trek Beyond is released to theaters.
2017
Star Trek: Discovery (DIS) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
DIS Season 1 is produced and airs into 2018.
2018
DIS Season 2 and Star Trek: Short Treks are produced.
Star Trek: Short Treks (ST) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
ST Season 1 airs into 2019.
2019
DIS Season 2 airs.
ST Season 2 airs into 2020.
PIC Season 1 is produced.

2020s[]

2020
Star Trek: Picard (PIC) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
PIC Season 1 airs.
Star Trek: Lower Decks (LD) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.
LD Season 1 is produced and airs.
DIS Season 3 is produced and airs into 2021.
2021
LD Season 2 is produced and airs.
PIC Season 2 is produced.
DIS Season 4 is produced and airs into 2022.
SNW Season 1 is produced.
PRO Season 1 is produced and airs into 2022.
2022
PIC Season 2 airs.
SNW Season 1 airs.
LD Season 3 airs.
2023
PIC Season 3 airs.
SNW Season 2 airs.
LD Season 4 airs.
VST Season 1 is released.

The future[]

Upcoming productions

Concurrent episode list[]

From 1993 to 1999, except for one film in 2002, and from 2020 to 2023, episodes and films for different Star Trek series were airing at the same time. This list shows the order in which these were released:

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